Even as the Cabinet has cleared the draft Telangana Bill, the fate of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy remains uncertain. Kiran Reddy has embarrassed his own party, the Congress, by going against it and agitating for a united Andhra and is now willing to quit the party.
"Power or chief ministership is not bigger to me than the will of the people. When I took up the fight for a united state, I was prepared for everything and took it up. I know what I'm doing," said a defiant Reddy.
But Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said, "If the Bill become the act, then of course he (Kiran Reddy) has to take it into consideration."
On the other hand the Reddy camp is in turmoil. The dwindling number of Congress legislators from Seemandhra are hoping that Kiran Reddy will float his own party and safeguard their political future.
But it will not be an easy decision for Kiran Reddy who is known as a staunch Congress loyalist and has been an MLA since 1989. Though Kiran Reddy has emerged as the face of the United Andhra movement, his political rivals are still dismissive.
TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu said, "This is a script written by 10 Janpath in Delhi and everyone including the Chief Minister are acting by it."
YSR Congress Chief Jagan Reddy said, "I would have appreciated if he had thrown the resignation on Sonia Gandhi's face when the decision was announced in July 2013."
Congress sources indicated that Kiran Reddy is keen to go down as a martyr so that his political future remains intact.
Resignation, floating a new party, awaiting expulsion, emerging as a formidable opponent to Jagan Reddy in Seemandhra, the Chief Minister's plate seems to be full of options. But will this former cricketer declare his innings just yet. It's now a battle of wits in Andhra Pradesh.
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